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ArticleScience & sports2022

Effects of a shock microcycle after COVID-19 lockdown period in elite soccer players.

L Vardakis, Y Michailidis, A Mandroukas, C Zelenitsas, G Mavrommatis, T Metaxas

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Article in Science & sports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

L VardakisLaboratory of Evaluation of Human Biological Performance, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, New Buildings of Laboratories, P.O. 57001, University Campus of Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Y MichailidisLaboratory of Evaluation of Human Biological Performance, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, New Buildings of Laboratories, P.O. 57001, University Campus of Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece.
A MandroukasPhysical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
C ZelenitsasSection of Sport Medicine and Biology of Exercise, School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
G MavrommatisLaboratory of Evaluation of Human Biological Performance, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, New Buildings of Laboratories, P.O. 57001, University Campus of Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece.
T MetaxasLaboratory of Evaluation of Human Biological Performance, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, New Buildings of Laboratories, P.O. 57001, University Campus of Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Charles University · CZNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Decreases in physical fitness are inevitable after two to six week period of detraining in athletes. Lockdown period changed the characteristics of soccer players' training. Aim of the study: The aim of our study was to apply a HIIT shock-microcycle (SM) after return to training and assess its effect on players' performance. Equipment and methods: Nineteen elite professional soccer players during the lockdown period (LP) from March to May 2020 (8 weeks) performed 3-4 individual training sessions per week. The training sessions included running boots of anaerobic short and aerobic prolonged duration intervals. Intensity was determined according to lab ergospirometry test 2 weeks before LP. All the players followed an indoor program, 3-6 sessions per week consisted of core, balance and flexibility exercises (∼45 minutes). SM training content was same for both groups and took place the first two weeks after LP, consisted by eight high intensity interval training sessions (HIIT), two technique, two tactical sessions and two days off. Results: Repeated sprint ability mean time (RSA Conclusions: These results indicate that SM can improve YYIR2 and RSA performance thus it is a useful tool to regain physical attributes in a short period.

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COVID-19Elite playersHigh intensity trainingMicrocycleSoccer

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PMID36062208
PMCPMC9420708
OpenAlexW4293539898

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